Originally Posted by
superangrypenguin
I'm glad you had a pleasant experience there. Catarina is awesome to deal with. My colleagues have gone through about two bags a year while my B and R bag from 3.5 years ago is still going strong. Safe travels and I'm sure your bag will last you years, and if it breaks you'll get a new one for free anyways as per the warranty.
So either your colleagues are idiots who don't know how to use a bag, or they're somehow buying the only super crappy bag in existence. Although I guess I'd classify them as idiots for that too
Assuming they fly about as much as you do, then that's still less than me, and my $60 bag from Amazon lasted 2.5 years. The
only reason I replaced it was that I wanted omni-directional wheels. And that bag was even checked a couple times.
The new bag is great too, but I've only had it a few months, so I'm unwilling to speak about its longevity. But it's still doing quite well.